New Mexico § 33-16-2 Definitions

New Mexico Statutes

§ 33-16-2 — Definitions

New Mexico § 33-16-2

Ch. 33Correctional Institutions

Art. 16Restricted Housing

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 33-16-2 (2026).

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As used in the Restricted Housing Act: A. "correctional facility" means a jail, prison or other detention facility that is used for the confinement of adult or juvenile persons, whether operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state or a private contractor on behalf of the state or a political subdivision of the state; B. "inmate" means an adult or juvenile person who is under sentence to or confined in a correctional facility; C. "restricted housing", whether instituted pursuant to disciplinary, administrative, inmate classification or other action, means confinement of an inmate locked in a cell or similar living quarters in a correctional facility for twenty-two or more hours each day without daily, meaningful and sustained human interaction; and D. "serious mental disabi

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As used in the Restricted Housing Act: A. "correctional facility" means a jail, prison or other detention facility that is used for the confinement of adult or juvenile persons, whether operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state or a private contractor on behalf of the state or a political subdivision of the state; B. "inmate" means an adult or juvenile person who is under sentence to or confined in a correctional facility; C. "restricted housing", whether instituted pursuant to disciplinary, administrative, inmate classification or other action, means confinement of an inmate locked in a cell or similar living quarters in a correctional facility for twenty-two or more hours each day without daily, meaningful and sustained human interaction; and D. "serious mental disability" means: (1) a serious mental illness, including schizophrenia, psychosis, major depression and bipolar disorder; or (2) having a significant functional impairment along with a brain injury, organic brain syndrome or intellectual disability.